fame quarterback and one badly broken state tonight the other believable claps of conservative government in mississippi. and chuck robbins burke what could be the end of the mar-a-lago special master fight. plus, fanning the flames of extremism at a pro coup vigil. it s so horrible what happened to her. the and genuine danger from the ex president s danger attempt to murder insurrectionists. i want republicans are losing by nominating even more candidates in new hampshire and beyond. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. with less than two months before these midterm elections, people all over the country as documented are mobilizing to protect abortion rights. while republican politicians across the country are pledging to ban abortion anywhere they can. in mississippi, the republican house speaker there said his state, quote has an opportunity to lead the nation in protecting, promoting and supporting life. it s a pretty remarkabl
he says are threatening the very foundations of our republic. plus, trump s lawyers and the justice department face off in federal court. we ll explain the big developments to come out of the special master hearing. and, a hot holiday weekend arrives with little to no running water for nearly 200,000 people in mississippi. the state has troops on the ground to help in the water crisis. good morning. and welcome to way too early. i m jonathan lemire. on this friday, september 2nd. thank you for starting your day with us. we ll begin in philadelphia, where president joe biden issued a dire warning about threats to american democracy last night, in a rare prime time address. standing outside historic independence hall, where the united states constitution was written and signed, the president spoke directly about the dangers posed by the trump-backed wing of the republican party. here s some of what he had to say. quality and democracy are under assault. we do ourselves
something went wrong in the intervening period which led to the search that happened at the former president s home in palm beach last week. evan, big picture this for us. why are these interviews with trump s former top two lawyers at the white house, why are they significant? first of all, these were two of several representatives of the former president named as people to be in touch with the national archives should anything like this happen. so they would be in the position to be the first to get contacted. the other part of this, jake, that i think is important for people to know is these two men would know the answer to the big question that i think a lot of us are asking, which is is it true that the former president had some kind of standing order to declassify documents? was it true that by simply sending documents from the west wing to the residence, did that deem them declassified? those are questions that these two men, as top counsels to the former president
views as the biden administration working to hit him with criminal charges, or even put him and his people in prison. according to the justice department s office of legal counsel, a sitting president cannot be charged with a federal crime. now, the same is not true for a prosecution at a state level. however, that would possibly go to the supreme court. let s bring in the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former staff for hillary clinton. good to have you both on board this morning. not a surprise. a lot of people have been talking for some time that donald trump may seek re-election to avoid prosecution. it seems of course, you have a new book coming out that goes through everything donald trump has done, certainly everything he did around january 6th, that now seems to be landing him in hot water. not just politically, as we heard from mike allen on your show, but it is impacting him politically and legally at the jus
former president? plus, the texas governor it s political ploy to try to punish blue states over immigration policies. the problem is, this isn t politics for the thousands of desperate migrants. the human cost of political gains. as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. we begin tonight with the dramatic spike in violent threats against fbi agents. threats so concerning that president biden is now being briefed on the danger. the bureau has been under attack from former president trump himself and his allies ever since that search on his home in mar-a-lago just one week ago. the fbi and the department of homeland security had issued a joint intelligence bulletin rising of threats to for presumably carried out by supporters of the former president. and just today, a pennsylvania man was arrested for threatening to kill fbi agents, threats he posted on media website. you ll recall, it was just four days ago, and arm